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From: rbutterworth@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: startgem
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.172718.2939@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 90 17:27:18 GMT
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In article <1990Oct6.150214.25136@water.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@math.waterloo.edu writes:
>However, there is a free program called "startgem.prg" that allowed me
>to get the effect I wanted.  I copied STARTGEM.PRG into the AUTO folder
>last.  And then, in the file A:\STARTGEM.INF (or C:\STARTGEM.INF if you
>use a hard disk) I had one line of text that named the program I wanted
>to run.

Is there a version of startgem.prg that works with all versions
of TOS?  I've seen a few startgems that work with one version but
not with others.

Having to have a different disk for each different release one wants
to run on is a bit silly.  It's easier to forget about it and use
the mouse to start things.